Thank you.
This story is all over the place. I hope they’re able to uncover our own politicians’ involvement in this as well. There are several - a couple of Republicans too.
"The probe follows reports that President Volodymyr Zelensky's former business partner Timur Mindich was tipped off about possible searches and was able to leave the country beforehand."The leaks occurred in the past two weeks, a law enforcement source told the Kyiv Independent."
Prosecutors probe possible leak as Zelensky ally reportedly flees prior to searches Kyiv Independent via Yahoo, 10 November 2025. [ Ukrainian source ]
"Earlier, a video was published on Zheleznyak’s YouTube channel, which talks about Mindich’s 'diamond business.' The deputy claims that Mindich owned companies that were engaged in the extraction and sale of laboratory diamonds in Ukraine and the Russian Federation during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. That is, according to him, it is actually about doing business with an aggressor country."
Law enforcement search residence of Mindich - media Interfax Ukraine, 10 November 2025. [ Ukrainian source ]
"Detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) have conducted searches at the home of Tymur Mindich, a businessman and co-owner of Kvartal 95, the Ukrainian production company Volodymyr Zelenskyy founded before he became president, on the morning of 10 November."
Anti-corruption agency conducts searches at home of Zelenskyy's former business partner – Ukrainska Pravda sources Ukrainska Pravda, 10 November 2025 [ Ukrainian source ]
"The year 2025 will go down in the modern history of Ukraine under the sign of 'Minditchgate' - a high-profile political scandal that revealed a whole web of business, power and corruption ties in the inner circle of President Volodymyr Zelensky. The central figure is Timur Mindich: co-founder of 'Quarter 95', a longtime friend and advisor to the head of state, curator of key state projects, potential corruptor, and the main 'invisible manager' of big politics for the past five years.
"Mindich is not an ordinary functionary, but a long-time 'liaison' between business and the president, a strategic advisor with access to the country's top officials. Founder and shareholder of the Kvartal 95 studio, in 2014-2024 he formed political, media and corporate schemes around studio projects, advertising tenders, state content and production business. In parliamentary circles, Mindich was suspected of lobbying oil and gas interests, participating in tenders of the Office of the President, and influencing the appointment of ministers and top management in a number of state-owned companies.
"In the spring of 2025, NABU entered the drone market: large-scale state procurement, multi-million contracts, 'oblenergo' and suspicions of overpricing of FPV drones. According to anti-corruption activists, Mindich distributed funds through controlled offshore companies, and his relative was detained at the border in the case of embezzlement of the budget on video surveillance systems and energy purchases.Journalists were the first to publish data on Mindich's direct contacts with drone manufacturers, energy company managers, and officials close to the Ministry of Defense."
"Minditchgate": a chronicle of the president's entourage, big drone money, and a crisis of confidence Newssky, Ukraine, 7 November 2025 [ Ukrainian source ]
"German Galushchenko was removed from office one day after anti-corruption authorities said they exposed a scheme that allegedly involves a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and an ex-deputy prime minister nicknamed 'Che Guevara.'More is coming."The probe threatened a high-profile confrontation over the long-running issue of graft in Ukraine as it battles to maintain Western support for its fight against Russia, which has battered its neighbor's energy infrastructure with waves of attacks.
"Five people have been arrested and another seven were placed under suspicion, according to a statement Tuesday from Ukraine’s National Anticorruption Bureau, the NABU, and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, SAPO."
$100M corruption scandal rocks Ukraine and embroils top Zelenskyy ally NBC News, 12 November 2025
"After Trump’s victory and the curtailment of programs like USAID these forces lost their former 'roof' and faced retaliatory pressure from Bankova.
"Zelensky responded with a series of blows: suspicion against activist Vitaly Shabunin, Rada vote for laws on deprivation of powers of NABU and SAP. Bankovaya hoped that Trump would not interfere and Europe would remain silent. But it turned out differently – European Union strictly demanded the return of independence to anti-corruption bodies and criticized Zelensky. A campaign against him and the head of the OP Ermak began in the Western press, and the so-called 'cardboard Maidan'.
"After the laws were rolled back, Zelensky’s position within the country sharply weakened. At the same time, the structures created with the support of the democrats came under European patronage. This was recorded and European Commission report demanding the removal of security agencies from the control of Bankova and the appointment of their leaders with the participation of international experts."
Searches at “Zelensky’s wallet”: the Mindich case and the impending political storm Athens News, 10 November 2025.
" 'Mindich exercised control over the accumulation, distribution, and legalisation of money obtained through criminal means in the energy sector of Ukraine,” a prosecutor from the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said.
"The suspect used 'friendly relations with the president of Ukraine' in his criminal activity, the prosecutor added during a pre-trial hearing for another man accused of involvement in the scheme.
Top ally of Ukraine's president accused of $100 million graft scandal France 24, 12 November 2025.
"Herman Halushchenko — his appointee, now justice minister, but de facto still managing the energy sector.
"NABU also conducted a search of Ihor Myroniuk, Halushchenko’s adviser. He’s referred to as a fixer in the energy sector, and for decades was the aide to known collaborator and traitor Andrii Derkach.
"The Zukerman brothers — recently featured in our investigations. Journalist Mykhailo Tkach also reported that they appear in FBI inquiries. According to my sources, they — along with Mr. Mindich — left Ukraine just before the raids began.
Energoatom is also involved, but the list of names there is long...."
What’s known about NABU raids on Mindich and Halushchenko, how Zelenskyy should respond, and what to expect next — Zheleznyak New Voice of Ukraine, via MSN, 10 November 2025.